Imperial Stout
The Kernel Brewery in London, Greater London, England ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Stout - Imperial Regular Out of Production|
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8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
(Bottle) Black colour with dense, pale brown head. Malty, roasted nose with notes of sweet espresso, dark chocolate, cacao, liquorice, burnt sugar, caramel and a vinous whiff of alcohol. Malty, roasted taste with strong black coffee, caramel, dark chocolate, cacao, molasses, liquorice, salmiak and a solid coffee/cacao bitterness in a long, vinous finish. Full body, almost oily mouthfeel. Quite sweet. Quite a mouth-filling experience, hardly subtle and balanced is probably not the correct word either. But what in impressive imperial stout. Lovely!
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Oct 2012
at 14:22
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from 29.09.10 marked at 12.5% thanks to cquiroga. Pours with a glass coating deep brown hued body with minimal head. Aromas are pungent in the glass. Huge alcohol, raisin, brown sugar, chocolate, sugar cookies, and biscuity malt. Flavors are bitter, raisins, cocoa, dark fruits, chocolate, alcohol and leather. Syrupy on the mouth, warming, bitter, bready and roasty with light carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Apr 2012
at 10:12
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle @ home, shared with Joes. Pitch black, opaque color. Decent sized brown head thatโs quickly gone. Smell coffee, smoked, bacon, liquorice. Taste coffee, alcohol, lightly smoked bacon. Didnโt really like it at First, but after warming up it gets softer and a little sweeter which in this case makes the beer better. Medium but soft carbonation, full body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Dec 2011
at 00:17
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from the Kernel Brewery (bottled on 20/9/10). It pours opaque black, with a thin tan head. The nose is velvety chocolate, smoke, roasted malt, salted caramel and coffee. The taste is rich chocolate, touch of soy sauce, salted caramel, roasted malt, rich-roast coffee, burnt tire, ash and lingering alcohol warmth, with a very long bitter-roasted finish. Full body, moderate carbonation and well balanced. Great stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Nov 2011
at 14:27
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Small brown head. Opaque black body. Roasty earthy chocolatey aroma with mealy notes. Dry-sweet cocoa vanilla and honey taste with peppery resiny notes. Fullish body. Hot mouthfeel. Dryish chocolate, earth, and pepper aftertaste with resiny honey notes. (0.33l bottle from beermerchants.com.)
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Nov 2011
at 10:37
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottled. A black beer with a dark brown head. The aroma has notes of sweet and roasted malt as well as chocolate. The flavor is sweet with strong notes of roasted malt, combined with medium notes of alcohol and light notes of chocolate, leading to a dry and roasted finish. Thanks yespr for sharing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Aug 2011
at 15:49
8.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Cortesy of fonefan; brewed 29.09.10 (8 months ago)
It pours a dense black color, with a generous head, brownish. It has a strong aroma of roasted malts, with some liquorice, molasses, dust, but also perfumy; deep and interesting.
Liquid chocolate flavor, with very good presence of dark caramel, tar, roasted malts and coffee, moderate liquorice; the sugars are well present too, rounding up the mouthfeel. Correct bitterness, some from the roasted malts obviously, but without disturbing. The alcohol warms the mouth like a perfect winter sipper.
This is a very fine brew.
It pours a dense black color, with a generous head, brownish. It has a strong aroma of roasted malts, with some liquorice, molasses, dust, but also perfumy; deep and interesting.
Liquid chocolate flavor, with very good presence of dark caramel, tar, roasted malts and coffee, moderate liquorice; the sugars are well present too, rounding up the mouthfeel. Correct bitterness, some from the roasted malts obviously, but without disturbing. The alcohol warms the mouth like a perfect winter sipper.
This is a very fine brew.
Tried
on 17 Jul 2011
at 10:51
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
33cl bottle @ Brewdog bar. Pours opaque black with close to no head but swishing it round the glass makes the cappuccino appearance in. The nose is burnt and winey and then intensely chocolate. The taste has dark chocolate, liquorice and maybe even a fennel note. The palate is big in structure, creamy in texture and quite clean on the end though there is a persistent note of alcohol and burntness. Overll, very nice porter!
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jun 2011
at 03:26
8.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
330ml bottle. Pours jet black with a thick, medium head. Aroma is leather, bourbon and tarry roast malt. Taste has lots of tar to start. Hot and thick tar and bourbon in the finish. Cracking stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jun 2011
at 14:42